Compare LGBT Rights in Gambia & Mauritania

Equality Index ?
9 / 100
8 / 100
Legal Index ?
14 / 100
0 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
4 / 100
16 / 100
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
Since 2014
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 1983
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2005
Banned
Since 1983
Censorship of LGBT IssuesNo censorshipImprisonment as punishment
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1991
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1991
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1991
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlyIllegal
Since 1983
Serving openly in militaryIllegalIllegal
Since 1983
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)Banned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AN/A
Since 1983
Public Opinion
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, June 21, 2023)
4% Good Place
0%
17% Good Place
0%
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2016–2018)
3% Tolerate
96% Not tolerate
Region not surveyed
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, 2013)
Region not surveyed
5% Good place
91% Not a good place
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